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may be taken out and cleaned, which should be done 

 every day. It costs but a dollar or so, according to 

 material used. 



The "Sure" Brooder A small poultryman often 

 wants a cheap and suitable brooder that he can make 

 himself with little or no expense, as he cannot afford 

 five to twenty-five dollars for a brooder. The one out- 



FIG 84: THE SURE BROODER 



lined in Figure 84 can be made in an hour or two by 

 any person at all expert with tools. A box three feet 

 long by two and one-half feet broad and eighteen 

 inches deep should be made of matched pine lumber. 

 A tight floor of tin or sheet iron should be put in just 

 below the letter a in the cut. This should support 

 from one-half to one inch of sand, which will need re- 



